ABOUT PROJECT

Youth participation is still is a challenge across Europe. Research indicates that only from 9% to 25% young people (depending on the country) are participating. Participation often happens in cultural, leisure spheres or school environment. Aiming to develop stronger civic society, assisting young people in integration processes, youth participation and consultation in decision making processes has to be strengthened through creating platforms for youth to contribute solving issues of society and communities.

On this page we have gathered on-line tools, manuals and recommendation on how municipalities (local governmental bodies and institutions) can involve young people in to decision making processes. We hope this will help create new ways for decision makers not only to consult with youth, but that the ideas of participation will get priority status and provide young people with power, legitimacy and tools to monitor that their ideas are being implemented. We hope these tools can help shift youth participation from the concept of tokenism to active participation in advocating youth needs.

This page is a part of the project “360 Participation” and is based on a partnership between Medvirkningsagentene (The Participation Agency) from Norway, Institute for Policy Research and Analysis from Lithuania and Youth Work Europe from UK. The project is funded by Erasmus+ Youth in Action.

ABOUT PROJECT

Youth participation is still is a challenge across Europe. Research indicates that only from 9% to 25% young people (depending on the country) are participating. Participation often happens in cultural, leisure spheres or school environment. Aiming to develop stronger civic society, assisting young people in integration processes, youth participation and consultation in decision making processes has to be strengthened through creating platforms for youth to contribute solving issues of society and communities.

On this page we have gathered on-line tools, manuals and recommendation on how municipalities (local governmental bodies and institutions) can involve young people in to decision making processes. We hope this will help create new ways for decision makers not only to consult with youth, but that the ideas of participation will get priority status and provide young people with power, legitimacy and tools to monitor that their ideas are being implemented. We hope these tools can help shift youth participation from the concept of tokenism to active participation in advocating youth needs.

This page is a part of the project “360 Participation” and is based on a partnership between Medvirkningsagentene (The Participation Agency) from Norway, Institute for Policy Research and Analysis from Lithuania and Youth Work Europe from UK. The project is funded by Erasmus+ Youth in Action.